How many peasants (called bordars and villani) tended that land. This was achieved through judicious use of the Anglo-Saxon 'local government'. Anglo-Norman England was 'governed' by local ...

The Bayeux Tapestry culminates in William’s victory in the Battle of Hastings. However, earlier artwork from the time also ...

Archaeologists have likely found King Harold’s lost residence in Bosham, shown in the Bayeux Tapestry, confirming its elite ...

Although Anglo-Saxon England had a sophisticated legal system, the Normans began to introduce aspects of the French system that they were familiar with after 1070. A guilty person was now expected ...